Aeroplane



B. ZSARNAY.

AEROPLANE. APPLICATION FILED J ULY 2.1917- RENEWED NOV-E1919.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

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B. ZSARNAY.

AEHOPLANE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 2.1917. RENEWED NOV. 8, 1919.

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AEROPLANE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2.1917- RENEWED NOV- 8, I919.

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AEROPLANE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. m1. RENEWED NOV. 8. 1919.

1,325,920. Patented Dec. 23,1919.

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Elfllllll. HSARN'AY, UF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AbSIGNUR F ONE-FOURTH T0 WILLIAM FAY AND ONE-FOURTH T0 JOHN BISCHOFF, BOTH O13 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

AEROPILANE.

Application filed 3111372, 1917, Serial No. 178,061.

2 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Brim ZSARNAY, a subject of the King of Hungary, resident of large number of passengers, or such weight as may be desired, two independently actuated motors being employed for the rotation of the propellers, and finally, toprovide a machine with a safety landing device, the various planes, propellers and landing device'being assistedby an air blast, the current for which is obtained from the motors.

-'lhese and other like objects, as extreme buoyancy, and the ability for long and con- "tinned service, are attained by the novel design, construction and combinationofparts hereafter described and. shown the ac-. companying drawings, form ng a mater al part of this disclosure, and 111 Wli1cl1,,= f1= Figure 1 is a top plan view of a flying ma chine made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is aside elevational view of the same. r

Fig. 3 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken substantially on the center line of the car, and v Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of one of the air dispensing nozzles.

lln carrying out the invention, a balloon 10 is provided capable of being filled with gas, so as to give buoyancy to the apparatus,

and encircled by frame bands. 14, having stirrups 13 engaging a car 15., provided with windows 16 and a central door 17, through which passengers may enter or leave.

Fxtending supports 18, secured to the stirrups 13, pass below the car and have at tached at their lower ends, pairs of landing wheels 19, the same being preferably of a pneumatic type, so as to cushion the descent or landing movement of the car.

Specification of Letters Patent.

"Other pipes 40 lead from the compressors to Patented Dec. as, fora.

Renewed November 8, 1919. Serial .No. 336,736.

Arranged in the car near the ends thereof, are the power elements consisting of a pair of motors 20, so that should one be disabled the other can be used, the motors being preferably of the internal combustion type, and a supply of fuel is carried by the-apparatus in suitable reservoirs.

'Uperated by the motors are air compressors 21, by means of which the air tanks 22 are filled with air at a high pressure.

A series of arcuate planes 25 are disposed upon each side of the balloon 10, other planes 26, acting in the manner of rudders being arranged at the rear of the balloon. singularly disposed supports 28 extend out laterally'from the balloon carryingrotatably mounted propellers 2-9, the same being ar ranged vertically in the manner'of a helicopter, so that when actuated as to cause the machine to. ascend, the propellers 29 being driven by the motors 20 through flexible shafts 31, while at the ends of the balloon frame are other propellers 33, driven by the shafts 34,. which are also operated by the motors.

Arranged below the planes 25 are noztill sales 37, on the pipes 38, communicating with the compressors, 22, other pipes 39 leadingfrom each of the compressors to similar 1102-- zles upon the opposite side of the balloon.

a point below the propellers 29, and still other pipes 41 lead to nozzles 42 directed against the end propellers 33 which are fur- .ther impelled by nozzles 44 supplied by air through the pipes 45, whereby their action is'greatly facilitated and also the steering of the machine is substantially aided.

Should either compressor become disabled pipes 46 connect between the compressors and pipes 41, all of the several pipes being controlled by valves as shown.

Centrally below the car is suspended a concave, cup-like element 48, through which enters pipes 49 from the compressed air tanks, the pipes communicating-with nozzles 50 whereby a draft of air directed'downward and at an angle, the same forming in efiect a cushion against thelanding of the apparatus prior to contact of the wheels with the ground, and also assisting materially in the initial rising movement into the air.

0penings52 and 54 are provided in the balloon, the former being used to exhaust the air and the latter in filling the balloon with hydrogen, both openings being pro vided with suitable valves.

In operation, the passengers having entered through the door 17 and arranged themselves within the car 15, the motors are started, compressing the air within the tanks 22, whereupon the inlets to the nozzles 44 are opened and the propellers 29, caused to rotate, raisin the machine from the ground to any deslred extent, longitudinal movement of the car being effected by the end propellers 33 so that the apparatus may be moved in either direction.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the various air currents are taken from the atmosphere and delivered to the compressors 22, for which they are delivered under the immediate control of the parties within the car, also that the motors and steering means employedare readily accessible, and that the power leading through the several pipes or tubes can be regulated according to the position of the valves, thereby furnishing means for steering and balancing as well as the raising of the airship, which, as will readily be seen, is a complete combination ofaeroplane and balloon, which may be caused to *ascend in an expeditious manner or to land Without danger to the car structure or its occupant.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is 7 1. In a flying machine, the combination with a balloon, a pair of helicopters arranged at the sides thereof, and a pair of propellers, one arranged at each end-of said balloon, means for directing air jets against said vanes, horizontal rudders at the rear of said balloon, means for directing a current of air against said helicopters, a concaveconvex element below said car, means for directing one or more currents of air therein, said currents of air acting as a cushion against the landing of said car, and means for actuating all of said propellers.

2. In a flying machine, the combination with a buoyant element adapted to be infiated, a car suspended therefrom, vertically operable propellers mounted upon opposite sides of said buoyant element, said propellers working in a horizontal plane, a propeller at each end of said buoyant element operating in a vertical plane, a source of power carried by said car, a series of laterally extending vanes attached to said buoyant element at the center thereof, means for producing a current of air against said vanes, a pair of horizontal rudders at the rear of said buoyant element, an inverted cup carried below said car, and means for producing a cushioning current of air in said on In testimony whereof I have afli zed my signature.

BELA ZSARNAY. 

